Unnatural Selections #93: you can currently get everything for 7th Sea 2nd Ed on Humble Bundle - here's what fans and reviewers say about the game

The 'Unnatural Selections' series is our regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look.

The 7th Sea RPG is currently on Humble Bundle – and in it you can get every single title released to date for the 2nd edition of the game for the lowest price ever! 7th Sea is the perfect mix of swashbuckling and sorcery. But don't take our word for it, this is what many fans and reviewers have to say about the game:

• 2017 ENNIE Awards: Winner (Silver) Best Rules, Winner (Silver) Game of the Year,

• "A heart warming, lovable game of adventure, daring do and swashbuckling in the land of Theah. 5 Stars" — Jan (customer review).

• Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If not, why not? What about a swashbuckling hero along the lines of Inigo Montoya, Guybrush Threepwood or the Musketeers of Dumas’ stories? Or maybe you want to run a game, stranding a bunch of heroes on an island filled with wonders, horrors and buried treasure? I have found and run such a game… If you like swashbuckling adventures and heroic characters, this is definitely the best system." — Who Dares Rolls.

• "A masterpiece for the purposes of storytelling. 5 Stars" — Brett (customer review).

• "…one of the most stunningly unique and innovative game systems that I have ever played." — Dan Wells.

• "Loved it. Absofreaknlootley loved it. 5 Stars" — Customer review.

• "7th Sea is an amazing world. It's fully filled out and well developed. It's a place with lots of stories to tell as well as a lot of places to explore …a fantastic take on the pirate fantasy RPG. " OVERALL SCORE: 9/10."— Throatpunch Games.

• "If you want to swash your buckle in a mix of Musketeers and Captain Jack Swallow style adventuring, this is the game with which to do so. 5 Stars" — Megan (customer review).

• "To quote The Princess Bride, it has 'fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles…' What more could you want? Dear readers, definitely give this one a try!" — The TTRPG Factory.

• "7th Sea's focus on being able to say "yes" to the players is delightful. 5 Stars" — Michael (customer review).

• "Is the game worth it? Absolutely. The mechanic is easy to grasp, easy to teach, and fun to work with. GMs have an easy way to work with things, players can actually play what they want out of the gate [...] and the setting has amazing potential... If you enjoy swashbuckling films and the Renaissance, 7th Sea is right up your alley. Honestly, I’d suggest this game to just about anyone, but there ARE people that hate The Princess Bride, so they’d probably hate this game." — Sticky Bunton.

• "A great game that uses mechanics to stay faithful to its intended genre. Want exciting chases, daring heroics and assaulting fortresses as you slip the guards in the smoke? Then this is your game!! 5 Stars" — Sebastián (customer review).

• "It's possible to tell exclusively land-bound stories in a 7th Sea game a la The Three Musketeers; that said, the game's elaborate rules for ship-sailing and duels, along with the large number of piratical factions and antagonistic trading companies in the setting, make 7th Sea a consistently good option for telling Pirates of the Carribean-style tales of magic and high adventure in a tabletop RPG medium." — Screenrant.

• "Characters are swashbuckling heroes with mechanics to back that up. The nations of Theah present an interesting fictional Europe (and beyond!) with magic and myth amongst it. The setting is deep, but still ultimately about the player characters. 5 Stars" — Charles (customer review).

• "If you’re looking for a game that delivers rope-swinging swashbuckler-y fun with the ability to take your own story by the reins, then this is the game for you. John Wick clearly knew what he wanted to do with the game, and didn’t waste time killing sacred cows to make it happen." — Philgamer.

• "If you want games in the style of Princess Bride, Assassin’s Creed, Crouching Tiger, virtually any Musketeer or swashbuckling movie or tv show, this game has you covered without modification. Nobody is useless, nobody suffers from wasted turns, and the experience system is driven by YOUR stories rather than some souless numerical bucket you have to fill. Scrub guards that don't matter to the story, don't matter. Heroes are Heroes. Villains are truly rat bastards that get what's coming to them. There's danger, action, romance, intrigue, and more importantly, you never have to suffer for your epic: you get it act 1, scene 1. I hate writing game reviews, but for what the 7th Sea team did with 2nd edition, I have NOTHING but glowing praise. You won’t be disappointed with this purchase. 5 Stars" — Matthew (customer review).

• "The game basically ended up as a way to just let our imaginations run wild… as my two friends and I started getting lost in the story we were telling, the dice and mechanics took a back seat to pure role playing. I actually found myself exhausted by the end of the session, but I was also exceedingly happy from having such a good time… In a world where throwing dice seems to be the main point of RPGs, 7th Sea gave me a breath of that fresh ocean air of storytelling." — The Coolship.

• "The 2nd edition rulebook has brought me hours of joy! In fact, I came to love the game so much I was motivated to write adventures and supplements for it... My group and I got a lot of good play from this game, with more to come! I hope you'll try it too. 5 Stars" — Evan (customer review).

• "7th Sea perfectly combines the originality of Indie games with the professional execution of mainstream games. It is a narrative, heroic game with very well-matched mechanics and a very rich world." — Poltergeist (Polish).

• "Over 40 years of playing RPGs I can say without doubt that 7th Sea second edition is my favorite table top role play game of all time. It has all the best parts of parts of RPGS without all the tedious accounting work. You pick an approach to scene, chuck a fist full of dice, and tell stories. The rules are streamlined and easy to teach. I spent most of my time with 7th newbies saying, "we don't worry about (inventory, encumberance, cash on hand, etc) in 7th Sea, if it makes sense for the story then your character has (a knife, can carry the box, can pay for dinner, etc)". I love that I can invest a lot of time and detail in my character's story without fear that two unlucky dice rolls will kill them off. You can develop a character as the true protagonist of the tale. Anyone looking for shared storytelling swashbuckling adventure must play this game! 5 Stars" — Jack (customer review).

• “Listen, let’s get straight to the point, 7th Sea RPG is a genuinely exciting and immersive roleplaying game that will transport players to a world of swashbuckling adventure and political intrigue. Set in a fantastical version of 17th-century Europe, the game offers a seemingly endless rich tapestry of cultures, histories, and legends that players can explore through their characters.” — 5D Blog.

• "Fun and easy. 5 Stars" — Iam (customer review).

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